Margarite Fernâ Olmos, Lizabeth Paravisini–gebe

Broschiertes Buch

Sacred Possessions

Vodou, Santería, Obeah, and the Caribbean

Herausgeber: Olmos, Margarite Fernândez; Paravisini-Gebert, Lizabeth

Beschreibung

This collection of 13 comparative and interdisciplinary essays explores the cross-cultural dynamics of African-based religious systems in the Caribbean. The contributors analyze the nature and liturgies of Vodou, Santeria, Obeah, Quimbois and Gaga as they form a cultural matrix in the region.

Autor

MARGARITE FERNANDEZ OLMOS is the author or coeditor of many books, including The Latino Reader: An American Literary Tradition from 1542 to the Present, U.S. Latino Literature: A Critical Guide for Students and Teachers, Healing Cultures: Art and Religion as Curative Practices in the Caribbean and Its Diaspora, Sacred Possessions: Vodou, SanterÍa, Obeah, and the Caribbean, and Creole Religions of the Caribbean: An Introduction from Vodou and SanterÍa to Obeah and Espiritismo. 

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 325
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 151mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780813523613
• ISBN-10: 0813523613
• Artikelnr.: 21502528